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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1910
Page
2
Reverend E O Taylor of Boston used a beer demonstration to warn against alcohol. He poured alcohol from a pint bottle into a receptacle, lit it, and burned for ten minutes while church lights went out before the lights returned.
About 200 Black residents gathered before A. D. Boyd's cafe at East 14th street and Scoville avenue to burn an effigy of Boyd known as Star Light. The event followed rumors that Boyd, longtime Black political boss in Cleveland, had double crossed his community. He allegedly sought to close Black gambling clubs damaging his business.
A baby boy weighing under one pound and eight and a half inches long is born to Mrs. John Harvey in Galt on December 27. The infant is reportedly healthy and the physician expects it to survive. The father stands six feet tall and weighs 200 pounds, while the mother weighs 120 pounds.
Mrs Celia Lippman awoke to find 15 monkeys occupying her Edendale residence in parlor and dining room. She sought a warrant to arrest Antonio Ryder neighbor and monkey trainer, amid claims his dogs were poisoned and revenge motive alleged.
Women from Independence Avenue Methodist Church Wabash Avenue Christian Church and others organize to curb long hatpins and sharp feather points. They clip their own hatpins blunt feathers and campaign among friends as the movement spreads citywide.
In Newark a four year old sister Elinore hugged one month old Ellsworth Robinson so tightly that the infant turned black in the face. The mother found the baby nearly strangled and he was rushed to City Hospital for treatment by Dr. Ford before returning home in apparently normal condition.
Grand Forks North Dakota coroner's jury found that a six year old boy died from his parents neglect while a four year old sister, found with legs frozen, likely faces death. The children vanished from the Richardson home at noon and were located behind the house that evening.
In Muskogee Oklahoma on December 27 a jail chain gang found that a laborer known as Will Taylor was actually Mrs Lawrence Hanlon of St Louis. She and her husband were picked up as vagrants and wore men's clothes since November 28. She confessed to being a woman and had worked four days, outperforming all others in the gang.
Cairo Illinois December 27 Robert A Edwards 39 of Shewnetown eloped with his 68 year old mother in law Mrs Nancy A Dugan. They wed by Justice Alfred Cummings creating a bizarre kinship web as Edwards becomes father in law to his first wife and husband to his mother in law while the bride becomes wife to her son in law and mother in law to her own daughter.
Patrick Toye trackwalker was found unconscious beside the body of Charles Lane of Chartley. Lane died soon after, with Hoye beside him showing a crushed head and concussion. Police and medical examiners investigated, noting neither body bore train injuries. Lane's death attributed to epilepsy amid a puzzling accident scene.
Patrolman Sanberg heard an explosion as flames engulfed the fourth floor of a Kingston Street building housing Bedford Company on the upper level. Firefighters fought through a rear alley to reach the blaze with lines on the fourth and fifth floors. most finished stock had been moved recently and the damage is expected to be limited.
Crowds gathered around the Northern Bank of New York on 125th Street as depositors clashed with police and begged for funds. Officials warned that recoveries awaited an official financial report. Bank director Robin faced criminal scrutiny amid disclosures of irregularities across related companies.
A three bushel bag of peanuts saved Frank H. Eckman’s store from destruction after a candle caused a blaze in the window. A neighbor poured out the peanuts, smothering the flames within minutes.
In Los Angeles on December 27 Eugene Ely won an air race over 834 miles starting from scratch in a 60 horsepower Curtiss biplane. He beat Philip O Parmalee in the baby Wright by about half a mile with a 52 mph average. Ely also set the field record with a 1:58 1-5 lap at roughly 59 mph.
London authorities report a complete anarchist arsenal in a Gold Street Stepney dwelling once occupied by the dead burglar Hardstein. Police recovered explosives materials, anarchistic literature, various weapons, and dum-dum bullets, amid the probe into the Houndsditch burglars.
Church leaders reaffirmed that the board of directors holds supreme authority under Mrs Eddy's manuals and that any attempt by Mrs Augusta Stetson or other outsiders to seize control would be void. They stated Mrs Eddy remains in spirit and that bequests await court proof before management decisions.
Foster and George W. Glover, sons, seek to prevent interment pending will hearing. Mrs Stetson defends allegiance to Mary Baker Eddy and recalls her expulsion from the Mother Church amid the dispute over burial location and estate rights.
The ad touts Dyspeplets as a superior digestive aid after Christmas meals. It promises quick relief from sour stomach and heartburn, noting sugar coated tablets sold by druggists in 10c 50c or $1 boxes from C L Hood & Co Lowell.
Obituaries list multiple local deaths with funeral details. Rosina Baumeister aged 75 dies in Cambridge. Michael Bradshaw in East Boston. James Burns in South Boston. Horace Butler in East Boston. William Campbell in East Boston. William Clark in South Boston. James Costello in Dorchester. E B Dunn in East Orange. James Fee formerly of Jamaica Plain. Mary Foley in South Boston. Jairus Trost in Dorchester. Catherine Grady in Melrose. Adams Hillis in Boston. Mary Landrigan in Dorchester. David Laws formerly of Roxbury. Dennis Mahoney in Cambridge. Mary McFadden in Charlestown. Fannie Oakman in Hingham. William O Connor in Roxbury. Maria Sellon in Boston. Edward Shute in Malden. Mary Welch in Roxbury. Funeral times largely Dec 28–29. Relatives invited. some services at St. Pauls, St. Marys, Sacred Heart, Gate of Heaven. Burial details noted.
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